Paige didn't know the thoughts of the people around her were so complicated. She simply felt that it was a good thing they were motivated to improve.
As for herself, she had already learned enough in her past life. In this life, she didn't need to study anymore.
If there was anything she didn't understand, she could just deal with it later. At worst, she could have the people around her learn more. As long as someone understood, that would be enough.
Thinking this way, Paige looked at the three of them differently.
She originally thought they could just study casually, but now it seemed that wouldn't be good enough. She had to shape them into three all-around talents.
That way, they could help her handle all kinds of messy things in the future.
Especially the brain-draining stuff. That was what she disliked the most.
In her past life, Paige had a strategist by her side who specifically handled miscellaneous tasks and diplomacy for her.
In this life, if she wanted a peaceful and easy life, she had to arrange for talented people to be by her side.
"Why are you looking at us like that?" The other three felt nervous under Paige's gaze.
Why did her expression suddenly change?
Did she not want them to go to school anymore?
"If it's too hard, we don't have to go to school," Winn said softly.
"No way, absolutely not," Paige immediately replied loudly.
"Not only are you going to study, you have to study seriously, and be the best at it.
Tonight, I'll talk to them about finding the best teachers for the three of you.
Not just the best teachers, but we'll arrange teachers for all subjects.
Since you're going to study, you should study well." In the past, training started when they were just kids.
They were already in their teens now, far behind others.
If they continued learning slowly, she'd be old before they finished.
She had to find a way to make their learning more efficient.
"Wouldn't that be too much trouble?" Ely said hesitantly. After all, they were just three outsiders and not even soldiers.
"You need to be mentally prepared. If it's special training, life won't be as relaxing as it is now.
You might not even have time to eat or sleep.
Think carefully. If you're afraid of hardship and tiredness, I'll send you to a regular school instead.
Regular schools are slower-paced, so you can adjust more gradually," Paige explained.
Although she really wanted someone to help her deal with trouble, she didn't like forcing others.
"I'll try my best to adapt," Winn and Uziel said together.
They were almost twenty already and didn't have much time to waste.
They weren't afraid of hard work as long as they could learn something.
"I... but I don't even know what special training is like," Ely hesitated.
"Then you can try it with them first. If you can't keep up, go to the regular class.
But let me be clear, regular class means studying for years, even more than ten years.
And you can't quit halfway.
If you dare to slack off, I'll skin you alive," Paige said fiercely to Ely.
"Don't worry, sis, I'll definitely study hard," Ely promised.
In the village, not many had the chance to go to school. At least, with his family's situation, there was no way they could send him.
Now that he had the chance to learn, he would treasure it.
After breakfast, Uziel dragged Ely off to continue gun practice. Paige took a bath and snuggled up with Winn for a nice nap.
The two of them also got intimate for a while.
Paige noticed her powers were still growing, but the progress was a bit slow.
Was this what the books meant by "haste makes waste"?
If it stayed this slow, how long would it take for her to return to her peak?
Paige felt a little sad.
In her previous life, she never had to worry about leveling up.
Fighting would help her level up, and fighting was her favorite thing.
She spent the whole day either fighting or on her way to a fight.
If she wasn't fighting mutant beasts, she was fighting mutant plants, or sparring with people.
That's why her powers increased so fast.
In this life, she had to fight in a different way to level up, so her abilities were improving slowly.
Mainly because she couldn't fight all day like before.
At night, while a celebration banquet was happening in one place, the atmosphere in another place wasn't as cheerful.
"I think PN Leader Sa and the others must have been captured.
Even though we don't know how the enemy managed to capture them, catching that many of the Empire's warriors must've cost them heavily.
We should send more troops before their reinforcements arrive and try to take them down in one strike.
They've been fighting for a long time, and now that they've taken a serious hit again, I believe if we attack now, we can easily take the city."
"I disagree. I was against attacking their capital in the first place.
Since we can't take it for now, I think we should focus our forces on the neighboring Anhui and Shandong provinces.
Those two provinces have rich mineral resources, which can help supply our strategic materials.
That is what's most important."
"So you're saying we just ignore the fifteen thousand missing soldiers?"
"I didn't say ignore them. But if we want to do something, we first need to figure out where they are.
Just based on your guess, you want us to send another hundred thousand soldiers?
What if PN Leader Sa isn't even in that city?
You should know, our people in Chongqing said that the commander guarding the city claimed he didn't know where they were.
He was reporting to his superior, and if he had captured them, wouldn't he have announced it loudly?
That would be a huge achievement. Why would he hide it? What good would that do for him?"
"So where are they?
This isn't a matter of a few thousand or tens of thousands, it's over a hundred thousand soldiers, and weapons. They can't just vanish.
Who knows what kind of tricks the Hua Nation people are pulling this time."
"We can slowly find out where they are, but we can't stop the war just because they're missing. Can you afford to wait? Can the soldiers afford to wait?
Right now, we should be discussing where to fight next and how.
We know something's fishy with that city, so why throw more of our soldiers into the trap?
No matter how strong the enemy is, they still need to eat.
If we take over the surrounding areas, that one city will be isolated in the middle.
It'll have no choice but to surrender sooner or later."
"It's exactly because the city just went through a fierce battle that we need to take it now.
If we stop attacking now, we're giving them time to recover.
If we want to attack again later, won't it cost us even more effort?"
A group of PN Officials gathered, arguing loudly, each thinking they were right, each with their own reasoning, and no one willing to back down.
The most important part was, this wasn't just about the missing soldiers. Among them was a member of the royal family.
The dignity of the royal family could not be challenged. If PN Leader Sa had died, that would be one thing. The real fear was that he had been captured.
Also, that city was too strange. Even planes that flew in didn't come out, which made them afraid to send more.